Thursday, December 9, 2010
Read Postcards from Tomorrow Square - Reports from China!
I highly recommend that all of you who are interested in broadening your understanding of China should read Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China. James Fallows writes for The Atlantic Monthly and this book - a collection of articles written for the magazine - is as entertaining as it is insightful. Make it your goal to read a chapter a night and feel free to jump to the chapter(s) that peak your curiosity. Each chapter is a stand alone story that will provide you with a "peak behind the curtain" of Chinese society. Click here to read my full literary review of Postcards.
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Was not able to click on and pull up your book review. See if you can tweak/fix. My memory is you also send me the doc, but I can't seem to find that email. Please advise (email me). Thanks. - Prof. Carr
ReplyDeleteIgnore other message. Just found your book review.
ReplyDeleteRead. Thanks.
As you noted in your conclusion ....
“the real payoff… is the chance to answer questions you did not previously know you wanted to ask.”
Exactly. This is a big, big part of this course and trip.
Prof. Carr